Methods and arrangements to increase transmission range

• US 9,819,386 B2
• Filed: 12/28/2013
• Issued: 11/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel IP Corporation (Intel Corporation)
• Inventors: Kenney, Thomas J., Perahia, Eldad, Azizi, Shahrnaz
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Khanh C
• Application Number:
  US15/108,573
• Publication Number:
  US 20160329929A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,417 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/713 using frequency hopping
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2201/694 WPAN
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2201/71346 Bluetooth
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/001 the frequencies being arranged in component carriers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0012 Hopping in multicarrier systems for frequency hopping in spread spectrum systems H04B1/713
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0039 Frequency-contiguous, i.e. with no allocation of frequencies for one user or terminal between the frequencies allocated to another

Abstract

Logic may transmit or receive communications that hop frequencies in response to trigger events across a large bandwidth. Logic may generate a communication with a contiguous or non-contiguous bandwidth based upon frequency segments of 80 and/or 160 MHz. Logic may generate a communication with a contiguous bandwidth of 480 MHz. Logic may generate a communication with a non-contiguous bandwidth of 480 MHz. Logic may transmit or receive communications with a 480 MHz bandwidth that hop across a 3 GigaHertz (GHz) bandwidth of frequency channels. Logic may determine a channel-hopping pattern. Logic may hop frequency channels after each link transmission. Logic may hop channels after a fixed time interval. And logic may hop frequency channels in response to another triggering event.

Claims

1. An apparatus to transmit packets, the apparatus comprising:

a physical layer logic to determine a hopping pattern, the hopping pattern to indicate a pattern of channels in a 6 gigahertz to 10 gigahertz frequency band to which to hop in response to a trigger event; and

a physical layer device coupled with the physical layer logic to transmit at least part of a first packet on a first channel indicated by the hopping pattern by generation of a transmission having a bandwidth of at least 480 megahertz to transmit the first packet; and

transmit at least part of a second packet on a second channel indicated by the hopping pattern in response to an occurrence of the trigger event.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a processor, a memory coupled with the processor, a radio coupled with the physical layer device, and one or more antennas coupled with the radio to transmit the at least part of the first packet and the at least part of the second packet packet.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the physical layer device is configured to transmit the at least part of the first packet on the first channel and a remainder of the first packet on one or more other channels, wherein the transmission having the bandwidth of at least 480 megahertz is non-contiguous.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the physical layer device is configured to transmit the first packet on the first channel as a contiguous, 480 megahertz bandwidth transmission.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the physical layer device is configured to hop to the second channel in the hopping pattern after a link transmission of the first packet or after a fixed interval.

6. A method to transmit packets, the method comprising:

determining a hopping pattern, the hopping pattern to indicate a pattern of channels in a 6 gigahertz to 10 gigahertz frequency band to which to hop in response to a trigger event;

transmitting at least part of a first packet on a first channel indicated by the hopping pattern by generating a transmission having a bandwidth of at least 480 megahertz to transmit the first packet; and

transmitting at least part of a second packet on a second channel indicated by the hopping pattern in response to an occurrence of the trigger event.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein transmitting the at least part of the first packet on a first channel comprises transmitting part of the first packet on the first channel, wherein the transmission having the bandwidth of at least 480 megahertz is non-contiguous.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein transmitting the at least part of the first packet on a first channel comprises transmitting the first packet on the first channel as a contiguous, 480 megahertz bandwidth transmission.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein transmitting at least part of a second packet on a second channel comprises hopping to the second channel in the hopping pattern after a link transmission of the first packet or after a fixed interval.

10. One or more tangible computer-readable non-transitory storage media comprising computer-executable instructions operable to, when executed by at least one computer processor, enable the at least one computer processor to implement a method comprising:

determining a hopping pattern, the hopping pattern to indicate a pattern of channels in a 6 gigahertz to 10 gigahertz frequency band to which to hop in response to a trigger event;

transmitting at least part of a first packet on a first channel indicated by the hopping pattern by generating a transmission having a bandwidth of at least 480 megahertz to transmit the first packet; and

transmitting at least part of a second packet on a second channel indicated by the hopping pattern in response to an occurrence of the trigger event.

11. The storage media of claim 10, wherein transmitting the at least part of the first packet on a first channel comprises transmitting part of the first packet on the first channel, wherein the transmission having the bandwidth of at least 480 megahertz is non-contiguous.

12. The storage media of claim 10, wherein transmitting the at least part of the first packet on a first channel comprises transmitting the first packet on the first channel as a contiguous, 480 megahertz bandwidth transmission.

13. The storage media of claim 10, wherein transmitting at least part of a second packet on a second channel comprises hopping to the second channel in the hopping pattern after a link transmission of the first packet or after a fixed interval.

14. An apparatus to receive packets, the apparatus comprising;

a physical layer logic to determine a hopping pattern, the hopping pattern to indicate a pattern of channels in a 6 gigahertz to 10 gigahertz frequency band to which to hop in response to a trigger event; and

a physical layer device coupled with the physical layer logic to receive at least part of a first packet on a first channel indicated by the hopping pattern via at least a 480 megahertz bandwidth transmission; and

to receive at least part of a second packet on a second channel indicated by the hopping pattern in response to an occurrence of the trigger event.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, further comprising a processor, a memory coupled with the processor, a radio coupled with the physical layer device, and one or more antennas coupled with the radio to receive the at least part of the first packet and the at least part of the second packet packet.

16. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the physical layer device is configured to receive the at least part of the first packet on the first channel and a remainder of the first packet on one or more other channels, wherein the at least the 480 megahertz bandwidth transmission is non-contiguous.

17. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the physical layer device is configured to receive the first packet on the first channel as a contiguous, 480 megahertz bandwidth transmission.

18. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the physical layer device is configured to hop to the second channel in the hopping pattern after a link transmission of the first packet or after a fixed interval.

19. A method to receive packets, the method comprising:

determining a hopping pattern, the hopping pattern to indicate a pattern of channels in a 6 gigahertz to 10 gigahertz frequency band to which to hop in response to a trigger event;

receiving at least part of a first packet on a first channel indicated by the hopping pattern via at least a 480 megahertz bandwidth transmission; and

receiving at least part of a second packet on a second channel indicated by the hopping pattern in response to an occurrence of the trigger event.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein receiving the at least part of the first packet on a first channel comprises receiving the at least part of the first packet on the first channel and a remainder of the first packet on one or more other channels, wherein the at least the 480 megahertz bandwidth transmission is non-contiguous.

21. The method of claim 19, wherein receiving the at least part of the first packet on a first channel comprises receiving the first packet on the first channel as a contiguous, 480 megahertz bandwidth transmission.

22. The method of claim 19, wherein receiving at least part of a second packet on a second channel comprises hopping to the second channel in the hopping pattern after a link transmission of the first packet or after a fixed interval.

23. One or more tangible computer-readable non-transitory storage media comprising computer-executable instructions operable to, when executed by at least one computer processor, enable the at least one computer processor to implement a method comprising:

determining a hopping pattern, the hopping pattern to indicate a pattern of channels in a 6 gigahertz to 10 gigahertz frequency band to which to hop in response to a trigger event;

receiving at least part of a first packet on a first channel indicated by the hopping pattern via at least a 480 megahertz bandwidth transmission; and

receiving at least part of a second packet on a second channel indicated by the hopping pattern in response to an occurrence of the trigger event.

24. The storage media of claim 23, wherein receiving the at least part of the first packet on a first channel comprises receiving the at least part of the first packet on the first channel and a remainder of the first packet on one or more other channels, wherein the at least the 480 megahertz bandwidth transmission is non-contiguous.

25. The storage media of claim 23, wherein receiving the at least part of the first packet on a first channel comprises receiving the first packet on the first channel as a contiguous, 480 megahertz bandwidth transmission.